Head protector for hats



Aug. 9, 1949. s. SMITH HEAD PROTECTOR-FOR HATS Filed jNov. 14, 1946{UNITEo STATE latentecl ug. 9,1949

PATENT ortica HEAD PROTECTOR FOR HATS Lloyd S. Smith, Philadelphia, Pa.Application November 14, 1946, Serial No. 709,839

1 claim. l

My invention relates to a new and useful head protector for hats to beused by men, women and children and is particularly valuable in theprevention of the spreading of contagious or communicable disease andvermin from one person to another.

An object of the invention is to provide a protector or shield to beincluded as a temporary part of a hat and discarded after use thereof byone person or owned by an individual for his or her personal use inconnection with his or her individual hat or hats or with hats to betemporarily placed upon the head, as when trying on hats for size andstyle.

Another object of this invention is to provide a protector of the kindmentioned including a base member of relatively stiff solidified viscoseor other suitable material shaped to generally coincide with the insideof a hat, in the region of the sweat band, and the brim thereof, and acrown member of more pliable solidified viscose or other material whichcan be wrinkled or folded to assume a position within the hat crown andcover the wearers head.

With the Iabove and other objects in view this invention consists of thedetails of construction and combination of elements hereinafter setforth and then designated by the claims.

In order that those skilled in the art to which this inventionappertains may understand how to make and use the same I will describeits construction in detail referring by numerals to the accompanyingdrawing forming a part hereof, in which:

Fig. l is a sectional view of the head protector constructed inaccordance with my invention.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view of one style or type of hat with the headprotector therein.

Fig. 3 is a similar view of another style or type of hat with theprotector shown in position.

In carrying out the invention as herein embodied 5 represents one typeor style of hat, such as a felt fedora and 6 is another type or style ofhat, such as a straw sailor. These are merely illustrative and might beconsidered as mens hats but it is to be understood that the protector isapplicable to womens and childrens hats as well as mens and of anystyle, type or shape of hat.

As herein shown, each hat includes a brim 'I, crown 8, sweat band 9,A anornamental outside ribbon band I0, and a, lining II.

To keep the hat, including its crown, the lining, brim and sweat band,from touching the head of a person trying on said hat, a protector I2 isprovided of a size to match the size of the hat in which it is placed orof a size to i'it a persons head. In other words the head protectors aremade in all of the various sizes in which hats are usually manufactured.

Each protector consists of a base member I3 of relative stiff solidifiedviscose or other suitable material, preferably transparent, and a crownmember I4 of thinner and pliable solidied viscose or other desirablematerial. The base member is permanently shaped to include a generallytubular sleeve portion I5 of a height substantially that of the sweatband, and a brim portion I6 projecting outwardly all around the lowerend of said sleeve portion. The crown member is generally dome shapedand its lower edge overlaps the upper edge of the sleeve portion of thebase member and is Xed thereto in any suitable manner, as by the use ofan adhesive I1.

In practice, when a, person is going to try on a hat for size, style orappearance in a store, a protector of the proper size for the customeris slipped into any hat before being placed upon the head. If theprotector belongs to the store owner it can be destroyed or presented tothe customer but if the customer is the owner of the protector he canremove it and put it away. In either instance, after the desired hat isdecided upon the protector is withdrawn and the hat worn in the usualand regular way.

In addition to using the protector for trying on hats it can also beused by individuals, particularly school children, to prevent germswhich might be deposited on a hat hanger or hook from coming in Contactwith the inside of the hat while the latter is hanging on the supportingdevice.

When the protector is placed in a hat, the crown portion of saidprotector will assume the general formation of the inside of the hatcrown because of folds, wrinkles or puckers and therefore does notinterfere with the proper placing of the hat on the head.

Of course I do not wish to be limited to the exact details ofconstruction herein shown and described as these may be varied withinthe scope of the appended claim without departing from the spirit of myinvention.

Having described the invention what I claim Ias new and useful is:

A head protector for hats comprising a base member of stiff solidifiedviscose fashioned to provide a circumferentially solid sleeve portion ofa size to iit within a predetermined size hat and a circumferentiallysolid brim portion projecting outwardly from the s1eeve portion auREFERENCES CITED around the same Aand adapted to be disposed over alarge area of the underside of the hat brim, mgref vlvllferences are ofrecord in the a separate integral crown member of generally domeformation produced from thin, pliable 5 UNITED STATES PATENTS'sl'olidied viscose so as to be wrinkled, puckered or -folded into thegeneral shape of the inside of a Iuggeggg Cohlggme Apr Dltelgl' hatcrown, and means to jointhe edge of the 1,247,319 Ott n' u NovI 20 1917crown member of the protector to the upper edge 1558142 Brenner n" Oct'20 1925 of the sleeve portion of the base member of said 10 Y 129062,99McGill Ma'y 2 1933 Pfotecwf' mt@ a un'tly Strufre" Y 2,1%11o6-Timmorrs--l-. v. 21', 1939 LLOYD s SMITH I Y ,2,344,927 Weikl't Mal'.21, 1944

